I'll download and take a peak if I get a chance. I'm on the road and don't have my security dongle with me for the program I use - so I won't be able to check my results against something I know...

In MultiFrame (what I use) you can enter point loads as pounds (or kips, kilos, etc.) and distributed loads as pounds per lineal foot (or kilos plf), etc.

I'm not sure about this program - but in MultiFrame you need to tell the software (graphically) what is a continuous member - each 'timber' is broken wherever it touches another timber. By applying 'releases' you let the software know what nodes are connections (where a timber may be connecting mid span to another) - or which nodes are really and truly the ends of a member (bottom of a post).